Medium-style rieslings work brilliantly with terrines and pâtés, and gewurztraminer’s tropical fruit and rich floral notes together with velvety, subtly sweet palate complement mildly spicy and Asian-influenced dishes. Dry rieslings, particularly from Australia, display taut mouthfeel and racy acidity, great as an aperitif when young, or cellar for toasty complexity to develop.
The grapes for this outstanding wine were grown on their prestigious Hawke’s Bay vineyard, situated on the south banks of the Ngaruroro River, bathed in full afternoon sunshine...